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Asher Lopatin is an American rabbi. He is rabbi of congregation Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel , a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Chicago . Lopatin is a graduate of the Maimonides School , received a B.A. in International Relations and Islamic Studies from Boston University , and was awarded a Master of Philosophy from the University of Oxford in Medieval Arabic Thought. He has done doctoral work, also at Oxford , in Islamic Fundamentalist Attitudes Toward Jews. In that connection, he has authored a chapter in Muslim Jewish Relations, titled: "The Uncircumcised Jewish Heart (in Islamic and Qur'anic Thought)." Lopatin won a Rhodes Scholarship , was a Wexner Fellow , a Truman Scholar at Boston University Trustee Scholar, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa . He received rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik , and from both Yeshivas Brisk of Chicago in 1995 and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University in New York City in 1996. Lopatin also received honorary smicha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah . Among Rabbi Lopatin's congregants at the 350-member congregation is Rahm Emanuel , the 23rd White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama and a former member of the United States House of Representatives . Rabbi Lopatin would not comment on Emanuel's politics, but noted that "I wish all our congregants were as loyal to the synagogue and as engaged as he is." Lopatin has announced plans to lead a group of 200 families to make aliyah and settle in Carmit in the Negev Neroulias, Nicole.1
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Asher Lopatin (born September 1, 1964) is an American rabbi.He is the President of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School , the only open Orthodox rabbinical school in America, located in Riverdale in New York City.Previously, he was the spiritual leader of Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation in Chicago , and is widely known for his commitment to fostering and promoting an inclusive view of Orthodoxy.
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A Partnership for Community Relations and Jewish Advocacy.He is an American Open Orthodox Rabbi and the rabbi of Kehillat Etz Chayim, an Open Orthodox synagogue in Oak Park and Huntington Woods, MI.He is also the founder of the Detroit National Center for Civil Discourse which runs a Fellowship in Civil Discourse at Wayne State University, which began in September 2019.Previously, he was the President of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (2013-2018) and, before that, for 18 years, the spiritual leader of Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation in Chicago.
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American rabbi (born 1964) Asher Lopatin (born September 1, 1964) is the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC, a nonprofit Jewish community organization in Bloomfield Hills , Michigan.He is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi and leader of Kehillat Etz Chayim, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Huntington Woods , MI.He is also the founder and executive director of the Detroit National Center for Civil Discourse, which has run a Fellowship in Civil Discourse at Wayne State University since September 2019. Previously, he was the President of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (2013-2018) and the spiritual leader of Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation in Chicago before that.
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Lopatin is a Modern Orthodox rabbi and leader of Kehillat Etz Chayim, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Oak Park, Michigan , and a Jewish denominational pluralist . He is also the founder and executive director of the Detroit National Center for Civil Discourse, which has run a Fellowship in Civil Discourse at Wayne State University since September 2019. Previously, he was the president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (2013–2018) and the spiritual leader of Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel in Chicago, Illinois , before that. He is a Rhodes Scholar and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations ."FAQs" . website . 1 January 1970 .
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american rabbi
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director of community relations at the jewish federation of greater ann arbor in ann arbor
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